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Knott's Merry Farm
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Except December 25, 2025.
'Tis the season to celebrate at Knott's Merry Farm.
Knott’s Christmas celebration transforms the entire park into a classic holiday festival, featuring a landscape of thousands of twinkling lights, miles of themed garland, jumbo snowflakes, and a variety of picturesque seasonal settings.
Guests can enjoy seasonal shows such as Knott's adaptations of The Gift of the Magi and A Christmas Carol, Home for the Holidays, a musical revue featuring classic Christmas tunes, and Snoopy's Night Before Christmas, an ice show featuring the Peanuts Gang and a cast of world-class ice skaters.
Other fun includes a Christmas Crafts Village, Santa’s Christmas Cabin where guests can meet with Santa or one of his holiday friends, a nightly Christmas tree lighting ceremony, the enchanting Snow and Glow experience, and unique holiday food offerings.
This year the park debuts a new centerpiece, a dazzling Christmas Tree adorned with over 7,000 twinkling lights, a hundred custom-made candles and a stunning array of vintage Victorian-inspired wood ornaments.
